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Renting an Apartment in Barstow
Barstow is a major regional transportation center. Several major highways
including Interstate 15 and Interstate 40 converge in the city. It is the site
of a large rail classification yard, belonging to the BNSF Railway. The Union
Pacific Railroad also runs through town on trackage rights on BNSF's main line
to Daggett 10 miles east, where it heads to Salt Lake City, and the BNSF heads
to Chicago.
Barstow is home to Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow and is the closest city
to Fort Irwin Military Reservation.
Route 66 ran through Barstow and the town's name is mentioned in the lyrics to
the song, "Route 66" and in the Black Eyed Peas song "Like That" as Will.I.Am
raps that he "(has) a style that's way out like Barstow" commenting on Barstow's
distance from the BEP's home city of Los Angeles. Barstow is also mentioned in
Hunter S. Thompson's novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, in Quentin
Tarantino's film Kill Bill Vol. II, and in numerous other films and television
shows. Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show mentioned Barstow, CA calling it
Barstool.
Sheryl Crow also makes reference to Barstow, CA in her song Leaving Las Vegas...
"Used to be I could drive up to Barstow for the night Find some crossroad
trucker To demonstrate his might But these days it seems Nowhere is far enough
away So I'm leaving Las Vegas today".
Education
Barstow High School
Central High School serves as an alternative school.
Barstow Junior High School
Barstow Intermediate School
Cameron Elementary School
Crestline Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School
Hinkley Elementary School
Lenwood Elementary School
Montara Elementary School
Skyline Elementary School
Thompson Elementary School
In Barstow
* The Barstow Station mini-mall on Main Street a popular stop for travellers on
I-15. Gift shops, fast food, and the The Highway Stations office are located
here. The dining section consists of three side-by-side rail-road cars—a
reference to Barstow's railroad heritage. In September 1986, the McDonald's at
the Barstow Station was destroyed by fire when a tourist pulled up to drive thru
window and his car caught fire. In 1997, the McDonald's at the Barstow Station
got national attention when a gunman opened fire, shooting several people,
killing a nine year old girl.
* The Casa Del Desierto, built in 1911 as a Harvey House hotel and train
station, now houses the Mojave River Valley Museum and still functions as an (unstaffed)
Amtrak station.
* Skyline Drive-In is one of the last operating drive-in theatres in San
Bernardino County. It has two screens which both show two movies a night.
* The fast-food restaurant Del Taco was founded in Barstow, and it is said that
Barstow had the best Del Tacos. The first location is still open at 401 N. First
Street.
* Barstow is also home to the Desert Discovery Center, Route 66 Museum, and the
Western America Railroad Museum.
* Lava tubes, huge caves in lava from nearby volcanoes, offer spelunking
opportunities.